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On 4/19/2024 at 11:29 PM, Vass said:

Ohh is that getting parted out, is it? Would there be a spare towing module in there somewhere I could scavenge? 😏

There could well be! Haven’t given it a good check over, but will let you know if the good one doesn’t need it 

Got the cooked box out and replacement in in about 4 hours today. Not bhed for an amateur lying on the floor. Off for a wof next week then do some cruising! 

Got the cooked box out and replacement in in about 4 hours today. Not bhed for an amateur lying on the floor. Off for a wof next week then do some cruising! 

First quarter of the job. Good box out

7 hours ago, bmwerks said:

Hi All 

Does anyone know if a e46 318i GM auto gearbox internals are different to a e46 330D GM auto gearbox?

 I am contemplating a solution to a stuffed gearbox - one of which is swapping the bellhousing of a more readily available 318i gearbox. 

TIA  

I have gone though this same thing but with the m54 and m57 e53 x5’s gm 5 speed auto,  but everything I found was pretty much hearsay, so no concrete evidence, apart from different gear ratios.  Otherwise there was a full manual conversion on trademe with a six speed box 

Got my partly broken x5 it’s own partly broken x5. 

On 4/16/2024 at 9:50 PM, e30ftw said:

Bought my first E46 325i touring a few weeks ago. Previous owner had been chasing what he suspected was a "vacuum leak", causing a slight miss at cold start but otherwise drove well.

I got under yesterday to do the fuel filter and trans mounts. Took the cover off the fuel filter and sre enough the vacuum line is perished at the regulator. Take the filter off, replace the fuel lines and vacuum line while I'm there and finish up. Had the old fuel filter on my bench with black fuel and sediment coming out of it and that's when I realized the date on it was the build date of the e46.

22 years / 160000kms later.. yikes!

I had the same thing on my 94 316i compact! Worse thing was it was dealer serviced most of its life, and had 220k on the clock.

That sucks man! So much time and effort for some careless person to screw it all up!

Good luck for its next reiteration 

On 4/10/2024 at 5:33 AM, aja540i said:

Not sure if this has the gearbox you want but I'm ready to start parting it out if it does. There should be pics in my original thread from when I did trans oil and filter change.

As long as it’s the 5 speed it’ll fit, assuming they got the 6 speed in the facelift 

On 4/9/2024 at 1:41 PM, Gaz said:

https://www.turners.co.nz/Damaged-Vehicles/Damaged-Cars-for-Sale/bmw/x5/25666637

Be good for a compete swap to a 6 speed atleast. Sold now tho 

Please? Even one from A e39 530d will work 

As per title, searching for a good GM5l40e for an ‘02 pfl  diesel x5 so I can go backwards again.

cheers 

Finally had a spare moment to fill the diff and refit the exhaust on the m3 last night. Also fitted my new intake. Now need to redo that hose to the booster round the back to make it look a bit nicer.

Finally got the m3 into the garage to replace the leaking diff pinion seal. Got all the. It’s out the way, old seal out, and to find the one that was listed as the correct part isn’t. So onto realoem for the right part number and rang bmw this morning to order one through them, and should be here tomorrow to get that job finished up.

while I was there, discovered the rest diff mount top brace has cracked, and maybe the weld around the base of the mount. So will get that fizzed up asap

On 2/18/2024 at 12:39 PM, TermiPeteNZ said:

My E53 is the original 4.4i with the ZF 5HP24... slipping in 3rd & 4th and I'm having it transported back to Zane who did the rebuild end of next week .See what happens I suppose 😕

You can drop a lot(!) on a decent rebuild and it can still fail - but not many 2nd hand transmissions around as far as I can see.

Yea most I’ve seen are the v8 or the m54 being wrecked. The m54 does share the same box, but I seeing that most people say the m57 box has stronger internals, so not sure if wise to use one, and with looking to remap it as well. 
 

Where has everyone mounted their seatbelt mounts on the tunnel of an e36? Best place I found was right where the centre hanger mounts and think I’ll have too much angle if I move it back by the drive shaft hoop 

Have finally had a moment to do some basic checks on the x5. Goes through all forward gears no probs, but can shift a bit rough.

drained a bit of oil out the pan and is not looking good! Very dark and sparkly for something that has only done 10k since having the torque convertor replaced and fluids flushed, so my guess would be the clutch packs gone, as it does have some reverse. 
replace? Rebuild? Or manual/zf auto swap….

Have a seen a few videos of him driving others cars. The man is a machine!

6 hours ago, adro said:

This turned up a few days ago and so far seems to have done an amazing job at curing the noise I was hearing, can’t believe it. What a product. Thanks for the recommendation. 

 

Because of your post I bought some as well! Arrived yesterday but yet to test it out, but good to see it’s working already! 

14 hours ago, Palazzo said:

I saw that for sale. Hopefully a simple fix. I vaguely remember an issue like this that Ray (HellBm) fixed very easily. Maybe worth asking?

Ray is the master, and would be the man to ask!

hopefully get it here late this coming week and can sus it out. My towie mate picked it up and actually drove it through to Cromwell from Queenstown and said it was super tidy and drove well otherwise, so am hoping can get it sorted easily enough 

Hi guys, 

have recently acquired an x5 with the issue of no reverse gear, but Drives forward no problems. Has anyone had repaired/ or done themelseves, and was it easy/cost effective enough? 
from what my extensive research has told me, is that it’s a GM 5L40E box, and was a common issue, so have found a replacement sonnax remanufactured valve body to fix the issues from summit for about $600US dollarydoos. 

seems simple enough to replace myself, but just seeing what everyone else has done.

cheers
 

3 hours ago, Arron said:

Still never gets old looking at this. 

Glad we found a good home for it!

Hopefully can make some good power now and not have 120+ intake temps!

In other news! Sold the 335i, bought a momo wheel, hub adapter and a set of xyz’s coil overs for the compact, so spent a couple days fitting all that up, pumping the rear guards to fit the 17x9.5 arc-8’s, as well as getting the intercooler system plumbed up and working 

It came!!! 
such a work of art!

On 12/24/2023 at 11:59 PM, beemwr said:

Anything is possible. Not many 4 cyl bmw,  normally aspirated , approaching 300bhp driving the streets.

Was looking to build up a spicy m42 for my e30, but would cost about the same as this, and already have a set of RHD itbs, and be cool to have another S motor in the stable